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by Randy Moss (Warning: what you are about to read has absolutely nothing to do with making the Triple Crown easier to win.) Suppose that Daily Racing Form columnist Charles Hatton had not first described Gallant Fox’s victories in the 1930 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes as a “Triple Crown,” yet the races became highly...
Wavertree Stables, Inc., has been part of the U.S. 2-year-old sales market for the past 20 years. It is safe to say that juveniles and the juvenile market have been very good to us. We were there when an 11-second workout garnered high fives on the back side and we were present last week when...
PATTI MILLER: To whom it may concern, I have just returned home from the Keeneland April 2-year-olds-in-training sale. And I am, at the moment, very disturbed about the trends going forward in the 2-year-old sale venue. My business partner, Jeff Seder, and myself have long been a fan of the 2-year-old sales,...
Led by a trio of seven-figure juveniles–including a pair of $1.6-million co-topping colts by leading sires Giant’s Causeway and Tapit–the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2014 March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training shattered records for gross, average and median Tuesday. For the sale, 198 2-year-olds grossed $37,817,500, surpassing the previous mark of $33,380,000 set in...
Mark Casse was very active here 12 months ago, purchasing six juveniles for $1,395,000, including eventual J “TDN Rising Star” J and GI Darley Alcibiades S. heroine My Conquestadory (Artie Schiller) on behalf of Conquest Stables for $240,000, and he found another filly this time around that caught his keen eye. Fending off a challenge from Whisper...
One year after purchasing a sale-topping Smart Strike colt for $1.8 million here, Barbara Banke’s Stonestreet Stables was back at it Tuesday, stretching to $1.6 million for a co-topping son of Giant’s Causeway consigned as Hip 343 by Northwest Stud. The half-brother to 2010 GI Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity hero J. B.’s Thunder (Thunder Gulch) was a $550,000...
Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani–represented by last year’s brilliant G1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB})–began his expansion to the U.S. by storm via his Al Shaqab Racing by acquiring two juveniles, including the co-topping $1.6-million son of Tapit and a $450,000 Unbridled’s Song filly, at Tuesday’s record-setting OBS...
Hip 263, a filly from the first crop of WinStar Farm’s Super Saver (Maria’s Mon), led the way for the 2010 GI Kentucky Derby hero at OBS March yesterday, bringing $675,000 from owners Alex and Jo Ann Lieblong. Tony Dutrow will train. Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XXI, the chestnut was offered on behalf of...
Offspring by Darley freshman sire Midshipman (Unbridled’s Song) were very well-received at yesterday’s one-day OBS March sale. Hip 139, a son of the 2008 champion 2-year-old and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hero out of an unraced full-sister to MGSW & MGISP Amen Hallelujah (Montbrook), brought $560,000 after firing a :9 4/5 bullet. He was previously picked up by...
After securing a trio of Malibu Moons at last week’s Barretts March sale for a total of $1.95 million, the Coolmore contingent was back at it, fending off multiple challengers to land Hip 230 for $1.3 million. Bobby Dodd, Agent I consigned the Apr. 17 foal, who breezed in :10 flat. Bidding started at $300,000 and was fast...
Five members of a formidable Hong Kong contingent aiming for the Dubai World Cup meeting Mar. 29 took part in barrier trials Tuesday morning at Sha Tin. The day’s second heat was contested over 1600 meters and was ‘won’ by Blazing Speed (GB) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}), upset winner of the Stewards’ Cup in January, who has a...
Shortly after landing the winning bid on the $700,000 Street Boss colt, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert–doing his bidding out back alongside owner Bernie Schiappa of Game on Dude fame–outlasted Alex Solis II and Jason Litt by extending to $650,000 for a Tale of the Cat filly. Baffert said that the purchase was made...